Bottle protector



Nov. 6, 1928.

M. L. THORESON ET AL BOTTLE PROTECTOR Filed Nov. 22, 1926 Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

UNITED, STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN L. 'rnonnson AND enAcriA. 'rHoREsoN, or Los amazes, CA FORNIA.

BOTTLE PROTECTOR. I

: Application filed November. 22, 1926. Serial No. 149,958.

This invention relates to. bottle protectors and moreparticularly to that classof bottles which are adapted for infants in the nursing thereof. i An. object of this invention is to provide a bottle which is covered by a suitable protective agent such as rubber or the like and which will not be likely to break upon dropping of the same.

Another object of this invention is to pro- Vide a bottle protector which includes a nipple which is securely clamped to the bottle by the protector itself and which is not likely to pull away from the same.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bottle protector which is simple in construction, easy to manufacture and which well performs the purpose for which it is adapted.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will be made manifest in the following detailed description and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings for an illustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle having our improved protector thereon showing the same partly broken away to reveal the nature of the same,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a slightly modified form of our invention as applied to a bottle having a narrow neck,

Fig. 3 is a view of my invention as applied to a decanter or the like, and

Fig. 41 is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4- of Fig. 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout, 1 designates a nursing bottle which is preferably made of glass and which has an opening 2, the periphery of which has an annular bead 3. A nipple is shown at 4 having a dome 8, an annular head 5 and an inturned annular flange 6 adapted to fit over the bead 3. This nipple is of course formed of rubber or other suitable flexible material having an opening 7 at the apex thereof.

A casing is shown surrounding the bottle having a thickened bottom 9 with an aperture ture 1O therethrough and is formed in one continuous integral piece in the form of a frame consisting of horizontal annular strips 11 and vertical strips 12, which strips are preferably rounded as at'13, as shown. The

upper portion of this casing is provided with i an enlarged flattened annular portion 14. whichhrmly clamps the nipple 4 over the bead 3 and holds the salnein place and extends an appreciable distance above the upper end of the bottle 1 to prevent fracture thereof.

The construction shown in Fig. 2 is similar to that shown in Fig. 1 except that the same is applied to the usual type of nursing bottle having the narrow neck and the conventional type of nipple 4: thereon.

In Fig. 3 the nipple has been omitted and the improved protective casing has been shown as applied to a bottle having a narrow neck 14 and a rounded belly portion 15.

As stated hereinbefore, the base portion 9 is considerably thickened and consists of a flat strip 16 having an annular bead l7 thereon. It has been found in actual practice that bottles which employ the use of our novel protective covering may be dropped from a considerable distance so as to impact with a hard surface, such as a hard floor, at any angle and the same will tend to bounce rather than to break.

It is obvious then that we have constructed a protector for bottles which is extremely efficient in operation and which well serves its purpose.

It will be understood that various changes in the detail of construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

We claim:

1. The combination with a bottle having an open end and an annular bead thereon of a nipple having an inturned annular flange adapted to encircle said bead,aprotective covering having an annular reinforcing strip at its upper end extending for an appreciable distance above the upper end of the bottle toprevent fracture thereof, said strip being adapted to press the flange of said nipple directly against said annular bead.

2. The combination with a bottle having an open end and an annular bead thereon of a nipple having an inturned annular flange adapted to encircle said bead, a protective covering having an annular reinforcing strip at its upper end adapted to pressthe flange of said nipple directly against said annular head.

3. The combination witha'nursing bottle having a bead at its upper edge, of a nipple adapted to clampovcr'said bead, a protective covering for the bottle formed of latticed strips of resilient material having at its upper 1 edge a reinforcing annular strip adapted to press said nipple directly against said bead and at its lower edge an annular reinforcing strip of thickened material havingan aperture therein.

' 4. The combination with aibottle having an annular bead at the upper end, a nipple retained, by said bead, a protective covering for the bottle provided with an annular reinforcing strip at its upper end extending for an appreciabledistance above the upper end of the bottle'to prevent fracture thereof and adapted to press the nipple directly against the annular bead. I u

i 5. The combination of a bottle having an annular head at its. upper end, a nipple retained by said bead, a resilient protective cov- I ering'forthe bottle provided at its upper end With an annular reinforcing strip extending above the upper end ofthe bottle to prevent fracture thereof and pressing the nipple di- 7 rectly against the annular bead.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names tothis specification MARTIN L. THORESON; g GRACE it'rnonnsoN. I 

